Right now the US presidential election is still to close to call - it all comes down to Ohio! It's 4 pm here, so I'm assuming I'm probably the only one watching the play by play election results.
I was telling my afternoon classes about how I ran back to the apartment for lunch so I could watch the results, and how I found election coverage really, truly fascinating. (They did seem skeptical!) And I thought of something - I was so very, very close to watching these election results from a ratty couch in a tiny, old, house in some slum of Washington, D.C. Really, if I had been offered that internship I would have taken it, and it would have entirely changed my life, and the lives of the students I am affecting now.) I would be working my butt off at Sojourners for no pay, instead I am here doing work I really enjoy for very good pay. I could be living in the most uncomfortable circumstances I can think of, and going through all the culture shock of innercity US life, but instead I have a city I love and feel safe and comfortable in. I could be surrounded by the American mindset all day, and instead I live with Canadians, work with Taiwanese people, and hang out with all sorts of different cultures from my church on the weekend. I get overwhelmed when I think of how much hinges on the tiniest little decisions. Remember the old Gywenth Paltrow movie "Sliding Doors"? It's like that. I just remind myself that I am blessed that I have a God who works all things for good; in Taipei or Washington, DC. But from this vantage point, I wouldn't switch and make them accept me for that intership for anything!
Oh, one more thing. I made the split second decision in my grade 9 girls class today to let them know where my novel is online. They were just so interested, I figured it couldn't hurt. So we'll see if they like it. I can see them looking at the site but not actually reading the novel, its alot of reading for them. I definitely don't want to let my students know about this blog, it's just a bit too candid about my teaching life! But they shouldn't be able to trace it back from "Plucking Blackberries" unless they are computer geniuses. Oh, I have Chapter 2 almost finished. I have to tutor this evening from 6:30=8:30, but after that I'll finish the chapter and have it online by 10pm ish Taipei time (something like 9am for most of you all).
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